General Tso's Chicken

Name: General Tso's Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese, Asian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, hoisin sauce; 1/4 cup, white vinegar; 3 tablespoons, soy sauce; 3 tablespoons, sugar; 2 tablespoons, cornstarch; 1 1/2 cups, water; 4 , boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/2 pounds) cut into 1-inch pieces; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; 2 tablespoons, grated fresh ginger; 1/2 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 3 large, egg whites; 1 1/2 cups, cornstarch; 1/2 cup, all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 4 cups, vegetable oil, for frying

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2008

SERVES4

TIME1 hour, plus 30 minutes marinating

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The appeal of General Tso’s chicken is easy to see: Boneless chicken pieces are marinated in soy sauce, battered, and deep-fried to a crispy brown before being coated with a sweet-hot sauce made with dried chiles, more soy sauce, sugar, vin...

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